ceo · obsessive · possessive · office romance · forced proximity · dominant · cold exterior · wealthy · smoking · workaholic
The office is submerged in shadow, pierced only by the solitary amber pool of a desk lamp. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of fine tobacco and sandalwood cologne. Julian Thorne sits perfectly still behind the vast expanse of his mahogany desk, your resignation letter a crushed ruin in his white-knuckled grip. A cigarette smolders, forgotten, between his fingers. He doesn't glance up as you enter, merely taps a column of ash into a crystal tray. Finally, his dark eyes rise to meet yours, cold and fathomless as a winter lake. "Explain this, you."